Update: I now have all my paperwork, and insurance has been purchased. I also booked my flight, yay!!
Update: I now have all my paperwork, and insurance has been purchased. I also booked my flight, yay!!
I'm Boring
Now
Old
People I Like
Poetry
Fanfic
101 Tasks in 1001 Days
From: http://triplux.com/dayzero/
First Day: February 1st, 2008
Last Day: October 28th, 2010
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Green = currently in progress
1. Stop letting my depression run my life.2. Record all blood glucose test results on paper.
3. Write at least 50 poems, to prove I can still do it4. Make peace with my father and stepmother, even if it’s only inside myself.5. Finish my bachelor's degree.
6. Eat a deep-fried Mars bar when in Scotland, and try my best not to puke/die because of it
7. Stop using the word "fuck" so much8. Apply/get accepted to a master's program in Scotland or Sweden9. By the end of August 2008, get my BUNAC visa application and fee sent in
10. Spend at least 30 nights without the internet/TV.
11. Do 5,000 push-ups and 5,000 sit-ups12. Deposit at least 5% of my monthly earnings into my checking account, no matter how much I make13. Stand up for myself when people treat me badly14. Buy a decent digital camera15. Finish "Lest I Forget"16. Truly start believing that I'm good enough to be accepted by people without embellishing my life
17. Learn to accept love without feeling unworthy of it and pushing the person away
18. Do at least 30 random social things, even something as simple as going to a neighborhood cafe for lunch.19. When living overseas on the BUNAC visa, continue doing social things (i.e. no shutting myself away in a foreign country)20. See at least 10 sunrises
21. Go sky diving at least once
22. Accumulate $1,000 in my savings by cutting out needless expenses and putting away the great majority of what I earn
23. Take at least 10 random, unplanned daytrips24. Actively seek feedback on my stories and poems
25. Read 10 classic novels
26. Go to bed by midnight every night for a week
27. Drink nothing but water/tea for a week
28. Relearn sign language29. Stop feeling guilty after seizures/reactions!!!
30. Watch 101 movies I haven't already seen
31. Go to the cinema at least 30 times instead of downloading everything
32. Try at least 30 new restaurants
33. Buy a stepper machine, and use it 3x weekly for one month (to be continued as long as possible)
34. Identify 101 things that make me happy and write them down.35. Visit my mom's grave when I feel the need to talk
36. See the Aurora Borealis37. Quit making people a priority when they only make me an option38. Take a class purely for my own enjoyment39. Give something away on Freecycle40. Stop feeling guilty for things in the past41. Take more risks instead of falling back on my comfort zone42. Get back in touch with my aunt Lori43. Spend more time with my grandpa before I run out of time to
44. Get at least 3 more tattoos45. Start singing again, even if only to myself46. Figure out what to focus on, career-wise
47. Read ten books on disciplines or topics I don't know anything about.
48. Go to Norway with Leia (health permitting) 49. Go see Ireland
50. See Washington DC
51. Gradually become more comfortable going out in public; reduce panic attacks52. Spend at least a day with Lisa doing something she wants to do when I'm in the US
53. Go to at least 3 concerts 54. Apply for the Work in Ireland BUNAC program while still in Scotland
55. Market my poetry to at least 5 publications
56. Learn more (X)HTML
57. Purge/donate any items I don't use and don't need at least once every season58. Give/receive at least 30 hugs
59. Take a minimum of 300 walks
60. Join/participate in a choir
61. Learn some photography that’s more advanced than “point and shoot”
62. Download and watch all seasons of Buffy
63. Try at least 30 new recipes
64. Reread my Japanese 101 textbook, and answer all questions in it65. Rewrite all my poetry journals in ink
66. Take a martial arts course, and stick with it so I get good
67. Send 10 letters to friends/family overseas, instead of just emailing/IMing them68. Listen to all the Kelka podcasts again, in order...including non-episode ones69. Have more than the required 1000 GBP saved for Scotland by October 1st, 2008
70. Go to services for at least 5 different religions/denominations71. Book my flight to Scotland by September 5th, 2008
72. Stop biting fingernails for one week straight, to be continued as long as I can make it73. Find at least 2 new hobbies74. Buy a decent mp3 player to take on trips75. Place flowers on an old unattended grave76. Eat (or drink!) breakfast every day at breakfast time for one month
77. Read 30 books just for pleasure
78. Visit at least 5 countries I haven't been to before
79. Identify 25 things I like about myself, no matter how hard that is80. Start believing in love again
81. Buy a decent bicycle and use it as my primary mode of transportation82. Stand outside for the duration of a thunderstorm, just to feel it83. Stop assuming the worst if people don’t talk to me for a day or more
84. Make some real effort toward improving my health/appearance (teeth/weight/eyesight/etc.)
85. Learn CPR86. Don't turn down invitations to social occasions, unless I have a real conflict
87. Meet at least 3 "online" friends in person (that I haven't already met)88. Stick to a grocery budget for one month
89. Spend a day being a kid again. Park, picnic, maybe running through the sprinklers, lemonade, etc.90. Be completely silent for 24 hours91. Give money to a beggar and actually mean it
92. Learn enough Swedish to be able to converse at least somewhat
93. Swear off caffeine for two weeks
94. Buy one (small, inexpensive) frivolous thing a month
95. Write up a Living Will, just in case
96. Do 100 things for just myself, without putting anyone else before me
97. Buy groceries/clothes/anything else possible at discount and thrift stores rather than at market prices98. Cuddle at least once
99. Get back to a maximum weight of 125 lbs if not less
100. Have at least 30 days to myself to decompress
101. Start a new list in October of 2010, starting off with anything I failed to accomplish on this one
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Bonus Tasks
1. Stand up for myself when I treat MYSELF badly